Phonemic
Awareness
1. Title: Phonemic Awareness Activities
Address: http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/e_literacy/awareness.html
Summary: This website includes several phonemic awareness activities and gives examples of them. It also includes the materials need to for all of the activities. The website has a main menu that also provides access to many early literacy tools and documents.
Rationale: This website is very user friendly. The tool bars are easy to see and understand. The activities are great and could be easily adapted to special education students or ESOL students. I like how a teacher could go on to this site and get an idea and the materials are already listed and you do the activity in your class the next day. The information is really at your finger tips.
2. Title: Phonemic Awareness activities for Kindergarteners
Address: http://www.mrsjones.org/brooks/phonics.html
Summary: This web site gives a list of parent or teacher activities to do with children in the beginning stages of reading. There is also a link to the “Phonics Room” where you can get other activities on phonics at other academic levels.
Rationale: I wanted to include this web site because it has good ideas for early readers to do. It is so easy to use too. The page gives you examples sentences of the exercises so it is easier for a parent or teacher to understand the area being emphasized. It divides sounds up in to categories and list different activities for each sound. This web site is also a great reference if you have an ESOL or special education student that is struggling with reading and phonics.
3. Title: ProTeacher-Phonemic Awareness
Address: http://www.proteacher.com/070171.shtml
Summary: On this website you will find a vast range of topics that deal with phonemic awareness. If the definition for phonemic awareness is needed it can be found by clicking on the appropriate link. There are numerous excellent ideas provided for lesson plans. Some lessons include games that focus on rhyming skills, how to teach children to break up and identify the sounds found in words, and words hunts in which students look for specific sounds or patterns in a story they are familiar with. Samples on how to administer assessments and the necessary tools can also be found on this site. There is an opportunity to share a great lesson plan or idea by clicking on the ADD function. Included on this website there are endless links addressing classroom issues for teachers when teaching phonemic awareness.
Rationale: This is an excellent website for teachers. It allows educators to access lesson plans and add them if they would like. It is a great opportunity for teachers to communicate classroom ideas by posting or viewing what others have posted. Communication is vital for teachers to be successful and this website allows them to do that in an anonymous manor. By exploring and viewing links from this site, teachers are provided with an opportunity to enhance their knowledge about phonemic awareness and broaden their ideas for lesson plans. Accommodations for special needs children are included through the numerous links. There is an infinite amount of accessible information that will benefit teachers and their students who are involved in the processes of teaching and learning phonemic awareness.
4. Title: Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
Address: http://reading.uoregon.edu/big_ideas/pa.php
Summary: This website contains the answers to frequently asked questions from beginning phonemic awareness teachers or for those who seek to expand their knowledge about the subject. Those who visit this site will encounter the answers to questions such as, “Why is phonemic awareness important…How do I teach phonemic awareness…How do I know if students are learning enough?” For those looking for background knowledge about phonemic awareness, a definition is offered, what research has found, what you should know, and what research-based programs can be used. This resource offers several ways to implement phonemic awareness in the classroom and the key components to look for once it has been established in a classroom activity.
Rationale: This is an excellent website for teachers/instructors who are not aware of the components of phonemic awareness. Educators are able to explore and see exactly what it means to implement phonemic awareness in the classroom. It also allows them to justify why it is important and prepares instructors with a list of difficulties they may encounter while teaching. Most teachers want to know if their students are learning enough. In this case, the educator is able to click directly on the topic and receive instant, clearly written results. It is important for educators to be able to access information quickly and efficiently for classroom use, in which has been accomplished by the design of this site.
5. Title: Phonemic Awareness Activities for the Classroom
Address: http://208.183.128.8/read/Phonemic.htm
Summary: This website provides a variety of innovative and detailed ideas that teachers can implement into their lesson plans in regards to helping students develop phonemic awareness. In addition, it also contains several guidelines that teachers can adhere by when teaching phonemic awareness in the classroom so that their instruction will not only be successful, but also fun and meaningful to the students. Featured activities range from practice with onsets and rimes, in which students can get extra practice with rimes and phonograms, to activities that support phoneme awareness by engaging students in verbal exercises that allow them to work in areas dealing with isolated phoneme recognition, phoneme matching, segmenting, blending, and identification of initial and final phonemes, as well as phoneme positions.
Rationale: This website poses as a valuable asset for teachers. Being that it addresses rimes and onsets, phonograms, word families, as well as phoneme awareness activities, this website would serve as a helpful tools for educators that are looking to address phonemic awareness in their classrooms. Through this website, educators can gain access to a variety of innovative phonemic awareness activities that will allow teachers to build up their lesson plans in a quick and efficient manner. Being that most of the activities have verbal instructions, teachers may opt to simply follow the established dialogue verbatim, add on to it, or work off from it when implementing the activities in the classroom, instead of having to come up with the instructional dialogue all on their own. Furthermore, being that as educators one of the main goals involves giving students the opportunity to engage in activities that will allow them to develop critical thinking skills and strategies, this website will serve as a valuable tool for those educators that are aiming to do just that being that the activities are not designed as meaningless drills, but rather as opportunities for students to verbally participate in fun and thought-provoking activities that help them learn and internalize the underlying functions of the various components that underline phonemic awareness.
6. Title: Home: Lesson Plans: Language Arts: *Grades K-2: Phonemic Awareness
Address: http://lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Language_Arts/_Grades_K-2/Phonemic_Awareness/index.shtml
Summary: This website lists numerous resourceful links that give teachers access to a variety of inventive and fun phonemic awareness activities and lesson plans for grades K-2. Links listed include: Blending Phonemes, Blind Sort, Literacy Activities for Any Song, Making Words from Hibernate, Picture Sort, Rhyme Your Name, Rhyming Names, Silly Greetings, The Hungry Thing, Word Hunt, and Word Sort. Most of the links lead teachers to detailed, sample lessons that keep to a very easy-to-follow format in that the majority of the lessons include the objective for the lesson, ways of modeling, procedures that the teacher may follow throughout the course of the lesson, instructions for guided and independent practice, closure, additional help for struggling readers, as well as the next steps that the educator should follow in order to ensure that students truly grasp the concept(s) being addressed. In addition, when the lesson calls for it, the lesson plans and activities give a detailed list of materials to be used and prepared in anticipation of the lesson.
Rationale: This website is a very resourceful tool that teachers can use when addressing the development of phonemic awareness in the classroom being that its numerous links deal precisely with some of the various elements that make up phonemic awareness, such as rhyming, phoneme segmentations, blending, isolation and classification of initial, middle, and final phoneme sounds, etc. Being that as an educator, time is of the essence, the thoroughness of the lesson plans being offered to teachers through this website gives teachers the opportunity to gain innovative ideas and activities for their classrooms in a quick, and proficient manner so that they can put more time into actually implementing the activities in the classroom and with the students. Furthermore, the lessons/activities offered through this website motivate students to become actively engaged in the learning process being that they are not centered around unnecessary drilling exercises, but rather move towards inviting students to join in with the teacher as they explore new things together (sounds, words, ect.). Therefore, this website serves as a valuable resource to educators that are looking to teach phonemic awareness in a meaningful and truly efficient way.
7. Title: Phonemic Awareness, Alphabetics, and Sight Words.
Address: http://www.readingtarget.com/Basics.htm
Summary: This particular website begins by discussing Phonemic Awareness. The website then goes on to list different activities that teach Phonemic Awareness and Alphabetics. There are also several links a teacher can click on which will take them to Phonics Grade 1, 2, or 3, Helpful Hints, and Support Links. Each grade level displays a list of phonics tests and lessons that can be used.
Rationale: I chose this particular website on Phonemic Awareness because it can be essential for the teacher. The teacher can visit this website and be able to view the different activities for teaching Phonemic Awareness and Alphabetics. The teacher can also pick Phonics Grade 1-3 and view the different activities that are listed. For example, the teacher would fist pick one of the letters and an activity would appear. One activity might be for the student to write the beginning sound of the picture shown. Each level has different activities. I believe this website might give teachers examples how to teach items such as, beginning and ending sounds, and sight words.
8. Title: Reading Strategy # 4: Phonemic Awareness
Address: http://dragonnet.hkis.edu.hk/lp/learningcenter/RS4.htm
Summary: This particular website begins by explaining what exactly Phonemic Awareness is. It then goes on to discuss why The Student Services Team is so interested in Phonemic Awareness. The website also lists the daily activities The Student Services Team works with. Some of these activities include playing rhyming games, using physical responses such as clapping and tapping to demonstrate patterns in songs, stories, and words, etc. This website also includes some activities that can be done at home to reinforce what is happening in your child’s classroom.
Rationale: I chose this particular website on Phonemic Awareness because I believe it would be of great help for teachers and parents. This website discusses different activities that can be incorporated into the classroom to help the students learn to read. I believe this website is also essential for the parents because the website gives some examples of activities the parents can do at home to help the child. If the parents spend a few minutes a day helping the child with these or any other kind of activity may help the child to be on their way to becoming a successful reader.
9.Title: Phonemic Awareness for Young Language Learners
Address: http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/phonics.html
Summary: This website has many different activities for the teachers to use for phonemic awareness. It gives the actual example of an activity and also includes such information as the objective of the activity, group size to be used, prep time, playing time, interest level, and ability level. The activities include such information as to help identify initial and final sounds and to help develop letter-sound association skills.
Rationale: This website is very beneficial for teachers to use when having questions about phonemic awareness. It is organized and easy to navigate. This website focuses on phonemic awareness providing examples of activities that both teachers and parents can do with the children to help them learn. Each activity comes with a set of instructions. The activities will help make teaching and learning more fun for both the teacher and students.
10. Title: Patti’s Electronic Classroom, Phonemic Awareness Activities
Address: http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/activities/phonemic.html
Summary: This is a website that offers five activities for teachers to use with students for phonemic awareness. The activities consist of working with words, syllables and sounds.
Rationale: This website is very simple and easy to navigate. The teacher will find that it provides information about phonemic awareness and activities for them to use. It gives the approximate levels in which a child should be at with their phonemic awareness and gives ways in which the teacher can assess them. This website also provides teachers with information on other reading topics for different ages and grades.
11. Title: Songs To Build Phonological Awareness (Including Phonemic Awareness)
Address: http://www.songsforteaching.com/PA~ns4.html
Summary: This website contains valuable information pertaining to phonemic awareness. It provides songs at various levels for teachers who are teaching phonemic awareness. It is organized into four categories, Concepts of Words and Syllables, Recognition and Production of Rhymes, Word Families—Phonograms—Onsets and Rimes, and Segmenting, Blending, and Manipulation of Phonemics and Syllables. Each category has several songs listed that are directly associated with building phonemic awareness in children. The bottom, the website also includes additional information on where to locate more references that are associated with phonemic awareness and more information on the teaching of reading.
Rationale: I chose this website because it would be an asset for teachers who are working with students to develop phonemic awareness. It allows them to resource valuable information and materials they could use in their classrooms. The material offered in the website uses strategies of repetition that eventually lead to the memorization of phonemic awareness through songs. The songs are of various levels, and displayed in separate categories, which is a bonus for time management. The songs are a unique way to make learning fun; it allows children to be creative, perhaps through dancing to the music they make, and its excellent way to encourage individuality. Time is an asset that most teachers don’t have to spare so it is important for them to be able to generate information and gather materials quickly. So taking this into consideration, I felt this website was very appropriate. This website contains the appropriate tools for teachers to help build phonemic awareness in their students, and it offers a unique way for children to develop.
12. Title: A Gold Mine of Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Worksheets
Address: http://www.tampareads.com/PA~ns4.html
Summary: This website offers three different levels of phonemic awareness. The first level includes Kindergarten through early first grade. Teachers may assess information on consonant sound memorization, and phonemic awareness. The page provides information that help understand the distinction between phonics and phonemic awareness. It also discusses the importance of phonemic awareness, and why it’s essential for children to begin learning in kindergarten. There are hyperlinks with materials that offer teachers specially designed worksheets, which include, where is the sound of… is it at the beginning or end of the word, and where is the letter sound of, a, b, c, d, etc. It also consists of consonant digraph worksheets for memorizing the very important consonant digraphs-ch, sh, th, wh, and at the bottom, it provides information regarding which sounds are the most difficult to learn. The second level pertains to the first grade. Within this page teachers can access a phonemic awareness and phonics worksheet index. This index contains various skill level lessons and provides twenty important words that share a common vowel sound or reading rule, and as the levels increase, the skills, therefore providing students with gradual challenges. The third level reaches ages 6-100. This link provides hyperlinks to several of the latest audio video technologies.
Rationale: I chose this website because it contains a great deal of important information regarding phonemic awareness that I think teachers would find valuable. The site offers grade appropriate levels, definitions, explanations, worksheets, and several links that teachers could use to strengthen their lessons. It’s very ideal because it provides teachers with great tools to work with, and saves time on lesson planning. It offers them a unique way to strategize repetition, which enables memorization, but also keeps students challenged. The pre-made worksheets help students develop an understanding for consonants, blends, digraphs, diphthongs, and bossy R’s. I also think it is great for teachers who recognize and implement lesson plans based on students various levels of phonemic awareness because the site also recognizes various grades, ages, and levels. It is important to continuously challenge students learning with fun and interesting activities that encourage learning, and this website provides teachers with the appropriate tools to do so.